NC BL 03/00/2005 Table: Hartford, CT, Bulletin 3125-42, June 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $23.35 5.3 36.0 $22.02 6.6 36.5 $30.23 2.3 33.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 28.06 6.1 36.6 26.63 7.8 37.6 34.52 3.7 32.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.32 3.8 36.1 32.40 4.6 37.5 39.69 5.1 32.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.56 12.3 39.5 37.96 14.8 40.1 41.82 6.2 36.4 Sales............................................................. 14.44 6.8 33.2 14.44 6.8 33.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 16.73 3.7 36.8 16.86 4.3 38.1 15.98 3.4 30.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.09 4.5 38.2 16.87 4.7 38.1 20.63 1.6 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.37 4.7 40.1 22.33 4.9 40.1 23.13 5.7 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.06 6.6 39.5 14.88 6.9 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 8.4 32.3 12.56 8.3 31.5 21.84 1.9 40.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.17 6.6 38.2 11.86 6.7 38.1 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.49 5.1 31.4 11.37 5.8 30.3 20.25 3.7 35.4 Full time........................................................... 24.35 5.5 39.5 22.92 6.9 40.0 31.46 2.5 37.0 Part time........................................................... 14.97 7.2 20.9 15.07 8.0 21.6 14.16 9.3 16.1 Union............................................................... 26.53 5.3 34.7 18.80 6.6 33.1 30.60 3.8 35.5 Nonunion............................................................ 22.43 6.8 36.5 22.35 7.0 36.9 26.51 14.9 23.1 Time................................................................ 23.37 5.3 36.0 22.04 6.7 36.5 30.23 2.3 33.8 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.75 13.1 35.4 18.75 13.1 35.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.92 5.6 36.2 19.99 6.6 36.8 27.75 5.2 32.3 500 workers or more................................................. 28.28 4.8 36.3 27.06 7.2 37.0 31.21 2.6 34.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $23.35 5.3 $22.02 6.6 $30.23 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 23.94 5.4 22.63 6.9 30.23 2.3 White collar........................................................ 28.06 6.1 26.63 7.8 34.52 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.57 5.9 28.32 7.7 34.52 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.32 3.8 32.40 4.6 39.69 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.93 3.8 35.45 5.0 40.17 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.45 4.4 33.45 4.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.39 8.9 32.39 8.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.17 7.6 33.17 7.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.97 4.5 29.92 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.25 2.6 30.51 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.30 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 40.47 1.6 – – 40.61 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.51 1.3 – – 41.51 1.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.47 .8 – – 43.47 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 30.18 24.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.74 11.0 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 24.74 11.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28.22 19.1 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 61.33 14.4 61.33 14.4 – – Lawyers..................................................... 61.33 14.4 61.33 14.4 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 42.79 18.2 42.79 18.2 – – Technical....................................................... 22.87 4.3 22.78 4.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.80 6.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.56 12.3 37.96 14.8 41.82 6.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 51.60 16.2 54.47 21.1 43.66 6.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.03 7.8 32.88 14.3 41.77 8.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59.27 22.2 59.39 23.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.98 4.0 24.73 4.2 30.32 5.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.15 14.6 24.89 14.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.14 10.0 23.87 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. 14.44 6.8 14.44 6.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.60 6.5 16.60 6.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.43 13.1 21.43 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.80 5.6 9.80 5.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.73 3.7 16.86 4.3 15.98 3.4 Secretaries................................................. 20.37 3.9 20.99 5.9 18.01 2.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.16 10.0 16.29 10.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $15.62 5.0 $14.97 3.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.78 .9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.45 .5 13.45 .5 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.78 9.5 16.78 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.33 4.5 14.08 5.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.69 4.5 – – $13.91 4.9 Blue collar......................................................... 17.09 4.5 16.87 4.7 20.63 1.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.37 4.7 22.33 4.9 23.13 5.7 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.05 2.3 20.05 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.06 6.6 14.88 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.42 8.7 13.42 8.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 8.4 12.56 8.3 21.84 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.60 8.8 13.91 11.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.17 6.6 11.86 6.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.38 6.5 11.38 6.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.49 5.1 11.37 5.8 20.25 3.7 Protective service............................................ 20.09 9.2 11.70 8.8 23.90 5.2 Firefighting................................................ 23.71 2.0 – – 23.71 2.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.73 .1 – – 25.73 .1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.35 9.0 12.21 10.2 – – Food service.................................................. 9.05 6.0 9.03 6.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.46 3.7 5.46 3.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.32 3.3 5.32 3.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.55 9.0 10.56 9.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.01 6.4 11.01 6.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.78 2.5 8.70 2.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 11.82 2.6 11.82 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 13.45 7.1 13.45 7.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.46 6.5 13.46 6.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.00 6.5 12.78 10.7 17.39 2.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15.36 6.0 13.57 11.0 17.13 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 11.07 10.7 11.24 12.4 10.26 4.3 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.44 8.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $24.35 5.5 $22.92 6.9 $31.46 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 24.86 5.7 23.44 7.2 31.46 2.5 White collar........................................................ 28.76 6.2 27.13 8.0 35.99 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 30.01 6.1 28.50 8.0 35.99 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.91 3.7 32.58 4.3 41.14 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.89 3.7 36.03 4.8 41.70 5.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.45 4.4 33.45 4.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.07 9.2 33.07 9.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.27 4.1 30.23 4.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.82 2.7 30.19 2.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.30 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43.04 1.6 – – 43.13 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.32 2.0 – – 41.32 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.47 .8 – – 43.47 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.10 13.6 59.10 13.6 – – Lawyers..................................................... 59.10 13.6 59.10 13.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 42.79 18.2 42.79 18.2 – – Technical....................................................... 22.75 4.3 22.66 4.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.80 6.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.67 12.8 38.06 15.4 41.83 6.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 51.60 16.2 54.47 21.1 43.67 6.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.03 7.8 32.88 14.3 41.77 8.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59.27 22.2 59.39 23.5 – – Management related............................................ 24.62 2.9 24.35 3.0 30.32 5.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.03 5.7 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.14 10.0 23.87 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. 15.66 7.9 15.66 7.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.60 6.5 16.60 6.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.04 3.9 17.11 4.5 16.64 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 20.48 4.1 21.10 6.3 18.04 3.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.02 11.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.62 5.0 14.97 3.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.45 .5 13.45 .5 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.78 9.5 16.78 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.77 3.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.90 4.5 – – 14.19 5.1 Blue collar......................................................... $17.48 4.6 $17.27 4.8 $20.63 1.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.37 4.7 22.33 4.9 23.13 5.7 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.05 2.3 20.05 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 6.9 14.92 7.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.64 11.1 13.64 11.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.42 8.5 13.02 10.4 21.84 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 9.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.38 7.4 12.07 7.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.16 8.8 12.16 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 15.00 6.6 12.40 7.3 21.21 4.1 Protective service............................................ 22.71 6.6 – – 24.66 5.1 Firefighting................................................ 23.71 2.0 – – 23.71 2.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.73 .1 – – 25.73 .1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.70 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 10.55 10.8 10.55 10.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.39 8.8 11.39 8.8 – – Health service................................................ 13.65 6.5 13.65 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.57 6.4 13.57 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.27 6.1 13.15 10.9 17.39 2.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15.71 5.3 14.12 10.5 17.13 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 12.25 16.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.97 7.2 $15.07 8.0 $14.16 9.3 All excluding sales............................................... 15.68 7.6 15.89 8.5 14.16 9.3 White collar........................................................ 20.38 11.1 21.30 12.7 15.42 11.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.75 11.7 25.88 14.1 15.42 11.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.66 12.6 30.86 13.9 18.41 20.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.95 13.3 31.46 14.7 18.41 20.6 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.32 8.0 29.32 8.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.07 3.8 31.07 3.8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.24 20.0 – – 18.41 20.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.45 5.5 9.45 5.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.90 1.9 8.90 1.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.69 5.5 12.96 6.8 12.04 5.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.54 13.5 – – 12.54 13.5 Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 9.39 7.9 9.22 8.9 11.23 3.9 Protective service............................................ 10.63 3.9 – – 13.10 8.4 Food service.................................................. 6.80 9.7 6.61 10.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.33 5.4 8.11 4.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.21 6.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.96 10.5 12.96 10.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.16 8.6 13.16 8.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.55 2.4 9.26 .4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $961 5.3 39.5 $917 6.7 40.0 $1,162 2.2 37.0 All excluding sales............................................... 981 5.5 39.5 939 7.1 40.1 1,162 2.2 37.0 White collar........................................................ 1,132 5.8 39.4 1,091 7.6 40.2 1,294 3.3 36.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,180 5.7 39.3 1,148 7.5 40.3 1,294 3.3 36.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,372 3.2 39.3 1,328 4.1 40.7 1,475 4.1 35.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,489 3.0 39.3 1,489 4.2 41.3 1,491 4.0 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,418 5.3 42.4 1,418 5.3 42.4 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,348 10.9 40.8 1,348 10.9 40.8 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,191 4.4 39.4 1,197 4.3 39.6 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,167 2.9 39.1 1,190 2.8 39.4 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,682 3.8 36.3 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,509 2.5 35.1 – – – 1,513 2.4 35.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,452 2.7 35.1 – – – 1,452 2.7 35.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,541 .2 35.5 – – – 1,541 .2 35.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,725 10.9 46.1 2,725 10.9 46.1 – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,725 10.9 46.1 2,725 10.9 46.1 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,718 18.0 40.1 1,718 18.0 40.1 – – – Technical....................................................... 892 4.3 39.2 888 4.6 39.2 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 792 6.9 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,553 11.8 40.2 1,550 14.2 40.7 1,565 6.0 37.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 2,038 15.3 39.5 2,190 19.9 40.2 1,644 6.6 37.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,470 7.4 37.7 1,364 15.9 41.5 1,511 8.3 36.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 2,359 21.2 39.8 2,363 22.4 39.8 – – – Management related............................................ 1,007 3.1 40.9 1,003 3.3 41.2 1,095 4.2 36.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 928 6.8 40.3 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,080 16.2 44.7 1,085 17.2 45.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 621 8.5 39.7 621 8.5 39.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 664 6.5 40.0 664 6.5 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 662 3.3 38.8 675 3.8 39.5 583 3.0 35.1 Secretaries................................................. 776 2.7 37.9 811 4.4 38.4 648 4.0 35.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 589 14.5 36.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 619 4.6 39.6 597 3.7 39.9 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $538 0.5 40.0 $538 0.5 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 663 8.4 39.5 663 8.4 39.5 – – – General office clerks....................................... 558 4.7 37.7 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 443 4.6 31.9 – – – $450 5.2 31.7 Blue collar......................................................... 699 4.5 40.0 691 4.7 40.0 811 2.5 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 898 5.0 40.2 897 5.2 40.2 917 5.4 39.6 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 802 2.3 40.0 802 2.3 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 602 6.8 39.9 596 7.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 546 11.1 40.0 546 11.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 577 8.5 40.0 521 10.4 40.0 873 1.9 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 615 9.4 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 492 7.4 39.7 479 7.5 39.7 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 472 10.7 38.8 472 10.7 38.8 – – – Service............................................................. 587 6.5 39.1 483 7.3 39.0 838 4.9 39.5 Protective service............................................ 910 7.0 40.1 – – – 988 5.8 40.1 Firefighting................................................ 988 2.7 41.7 – – – 988 2.7 41.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,009 .6 39.2 – – – 1,009 .6 39.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 531 6.4 38.8 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 404 9.8 38.3 404 9.8 38.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 442 8.1 38.8 442 8.1 38.8 – – – Health service................................................ 536 7.9 39.3 536 7.9 39.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 532 7.8 39.2 532 7.8 39.2 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 599 5.8 39.2 519 11.0 39.5 678 2.2 39.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 617 4.9 39.3 561 11.1 39.7 666 1.3 38.9 Personal service.............................................. 474 18.4 38.7 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $48,379 5.3 1,987 $47,545 6.7 2,075 $51,645 2.2 1,642 All excluding sales............................................... 49,288 5.5 1,982 48,643 7.1 2,075 51,645 2.2 1,642 White collar........................................................ 55,984 5.8 1,947 56,429 7.6 2,080 54,546 3.3 1,515 White collar excluding sales.................................... 58,112 5.7 1,936 59,347 7.5 2,082 54,546 3.3 1,515 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 64,400 3.2 1,845 68,176 4.1 2,092 57,630 4.1 1,401 Professional specialty.......................................... 68,301 3.0 1,803 76,084 4.2 2,112 57,796 4.0 1,386 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 73,743 5.3 2,205 73,743 5.3 2,205 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 70,117 10.9 2,120 70,117 10.9 2,120 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 60,876 4.4 2,011 62,243 4.3 2,059 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 59,611 2.9 1,999 61,859 2.8 2,049 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 62,066 3.8 1,340 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 56,030 2.5 1,302 – – – 56,143 2.4 1,302 Elementary school teachers.................................. 53,832 2.7 1,303 – – – 53,832 2.7 1,303 Secondary school teachers................................... 57,248 .2 1,317 – – – 57,248 .2 1,317 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 141,677 10.9 2,397 141,677 10.9 2,397 – – – Lawyers..................................................... 141,677 10.9 2,397 141,677 10.9 2,397 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 89,312 18.0 2,087 89,312 18.0 2,087 – – – Technical....................................................... 46,370 4.3 2,038 46,175 4.6 2,038 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 41,183 6.9 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 80,470 11.8 2,081 80,618 14.2 2,118 79,774 6.0 1,907 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 105,264 15.3 2,040 113,882 19.9 2,091 83,496 6.6 1,912 Administrators, education and related fields................ 74,790 7.4 1,916 70,948 15.9 2,158 76,235 8.3 1,825 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 122,662 21.2 2,070 122,885 22.4 2,069 – – – Management related............................................ 52,387 3.1 2,127 52,135 3.3 2,141 56,942 4.2 1,878 Accountants and auditors.................................... 48,256 6.8 2,095 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 56,167 16.2 2,327 56,412 17.2 2,363 – – – Sales............................................................. 32,308 8.5 2,063 32,308 8.5 2,063 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 34,527 6.5 2,080 34,527 6.5 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,612 3.3 1,972 35,012 3.8 2,047 26,561 3.0 1,597 Secretaries................................................. 40,245 2.7 1,965 42,159 4.4 1,998 33,297 4.0 1,845 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,611 14.5 1,911 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,167 4.6 2,059 31,033 3.7 2,073 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $27,971 0.5 2,080 $27,971 0.5 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 34,497 8.4 2,056 34,497 8.4 2,056 – – – General office clerks....................................... 27,995 4.7 1,896 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 16,509 4.6 1,188 – – – $16,801 5.2 1,184 Blue collar......................................................... 36,330 4.5 2,079 35,942 4.7 2,081 42,196 2.5 2,045 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 46,704 5.0 2,088 46,656 5.2 2,089 47,682 5.4 2,061 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 41,700 2.3 2,080 41,700 2.3 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,299 6.8 2,072 31,001 7.1 2,078 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,379 11.1 2,080 28,379 11.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,987 8.5 2,080 27,081 10.4 2,080 45,422 1.9 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 31,988 9.4 2,080 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,578 7.4 2,067 24,933 7.5 2,066 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,558 10.7 2,020 24,558 10.7 2,020 – – – Service............................................................. 30,386 6.5 2,026 25,141 7.3 2,027 42,936 4.9 2,024 Protective service............................................ 46,222 7.0 2,036 – – – 49,959 5.8 2,026 Firefighting................................................ 51,381 2.7 2,167 – – – 51,381 2.7 2,167 Police and detectives, public service....................... 52,492 .6 2,040 – – – 52,492 .6 2,040 Guards and police, except public service.................... 25,146 6.4 1,836 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 21,013 9.8 1,992 21,013 9.8 1,992 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,967 8.1 2,016 22,967 8.1 2,016 – – – Health service................................................ 27,857 7.9 2,041 27,857 7.9 2,041 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 27,667 7.8 2,039 27,667 7.8 2,039 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 31,153 5.8 2,040 26,996 11.0 2,052 35,282 2.2 2,028 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 32,085 4.9 2,042 29,178 11.1 2,066 34,626 1.3 2,021 Personal service.............................................. 24,656 18.4 2,013 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $23.35 5.3 $22.02 6.6 $30.23 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 23.94 5.4 22.63 6.9 30.23 2.3 White collar........................................................ 28.06 6.1 26.63 7.8 34.52 3.7 1....................................................... 9.43 5.9 9.52 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.70 5.8 11.50 6.6 13.02 9.3 3....................................................... 12.66 4.7 12.27 5.5 14.47 7.2 4....................................................... 14.61 3.9 14.54 4.3 15.16 5.9 5....................................................... 18.80 4.0 19.64 5.0 16.35 4.7 6....................................................... 21.45 4.5 21.44 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.85 3.8 23.19 2.6 32.54 20.0 8....................................................... 26.60 5.4 25.60 4.5 35.02 11.2 9....................................................... 35.32 4.1 29.94 2.9 40.66 3.8 10........................................................ 32.90 7.2 29.18 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 37.97 5.1 34.20 3.6 46.31 2.8 12........................................................ 46.95 2.6 47.18 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.56 17.3 29.56 17.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.57 5.9 28.32 7.7 34.52 3.7 2....................................................... 12.13 6.2 11.95 7.1 13.02 9.3 3....................................................... 13.54 3.2 13.23 4.5 14.47 7.2 4....................................................... 14.85 2.4 14.80 2.7 15.16 5.9 5....................................................... 18.60 4.3 19.59 5.6 16.35 4.7 6....................................................... 21.46 4.6 21.45 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.00 4.0 23.33 2.8 32.54 20.0 8....................................................... 26.60 5.4 25.60 4.5 35.02 11.2 9....................................................... 35.37 4.2 29.81 3.0 40.66 3.8 10........................................................ 33.08 7.4 29.31 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.97 5.1 34.20 3.6 46.31 2.8 12........................................................ 46.95 2.6 47.18 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.67 18.7 30.67 18.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.32 3.8 32.40 4.6 39.69 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.93 3.8 35.45 5.0 40.17 5.0 5....................................................... 13.59 15.0 – – 13.59 15.0 7....................................................... 26.90 9.2 25.22 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 32.42 7.2 30.10 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 36.75 4.5 29.80 2.5 41.96 5.0 10........................................................ 29.88 9.8 28.48 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.62 6.8 33.58 3.2 – – 12........................................................ 47.65 4.1 47.65 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.99 16.3 40.99 16.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.45 4.4 33.45 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 32.45 1.9 32.45 1.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.39 8.9 32.39 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 1.8 29.24 1.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.17 7.6 33.17 7.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $29.97 4.5 $29.92 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 27.10 5.4 27.06 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 30.35 3.6 30.75 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 32.00 3.3 31.46 3.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.25 2.6 30.51 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 29.29 5.9 29.32 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 30.74 2.6 31.20 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.43 1.2 30.43 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.30 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 40.47 1.6 – – $40.61 1.5 5....................................................... 11.98 1.9 – – 11.98 1.9 9....................................................... 43.34 1.4 – – 43.34 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.51 1.3 – – 41.51 1.3 9....................................................... 41.51 1.7 – – 41.51 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.47 .8 – – 43.47 .8 9....................................................... 43.49 .8 – – 43.49 .8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 30.18 24.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.74 11.0 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 24.74 11.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28.22 19.1 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 61.33 14.4 61.33 14.4 – – Lawyers..................................................... 61.33 14.4 61.33 14.4 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 42.79 18.2 42.79 18.2 – – Technical....................................................... 22.87 4.3 22.78 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 23.85 6.9 24.12 7.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.42 2.5 25.24 2.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.80 6.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.56 12.3 37.96 14.8 41.82 6.2 8....................................................... 24.50 5.5 24.32 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.52 3.4 28.61 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 37.43 11.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.64 3.3 37.16 10.3 46.16 4.4 12........................................................ 45.73 4.1 46.20 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.36 23.6 50.36 23.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 51.60 16.2 54.47 21.1 43.66 6.9 11........................................................ 44.28 3.6 – – 46.16 4.4 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 47.39 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 65.02 22.9 65.02 22.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.03 7.8 32.88 14.3 41.77 8.4 11........................................................ 45.20 5.3 – – 46.81 6.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59.27 22.2 59.39 23.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.60 15.0 57.60 15.0 – – Management related............................................ $24.98 4.0 $24.73 4.2 $30.32 5.1 8....................................................... 24.27 4.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.43 3.5 28.03 3.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.15 14.6 24.89 14.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.14 10.0 23.87 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. 14.44 6.8 14.44 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.87 1.7 8.87 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.56 3.0 10.56 3.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.60 6.5 16.60 6.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.43 13.1 21.43 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.80 5.6 9.80 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.87 1.9 8.87 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.61 3.0 10.61 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.73 3.7 16.86 4.3 15.98 3.4 2....................................................... 12.13 6.2 11.95 7.1 13.02 9.3 3....................................................... 13.59 3.3 13.27 4.4 14.47 7.2 4....................................................... 15.14 2.9 15.14 3.2 15.16 5.9 5....................................................... 18.76 5.3 19.42 6.6 17.39 10.7 6....................................................... 21.23 9.2 21.12 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.03 3.5 20.86 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.02 7.5 17.02 7.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 20.37 3.9 20.99 5.9 18.01 2.8 4....................................................... 15.83 2.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 20.39 8.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.16 10.0 16.29 10.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.62 5.0 14.97 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.59 5.8 15.44 6.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.78 .9 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.45 .5 13.45 .5 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.78 9.5 16.78 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.33 4.5 14.08 5.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.69 4.5 – – 13.91 4.9 3....................................................... 14.65 10.6 – – 14.65 10.6 Blue collar......................................................... 17.09 4.5 16.87 4.7 20.63 1.6 1....................................................... 9.74 3.8 9.53 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.19 7.2 13.00 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 4.5 13.40 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.33 3.8 16.85 3.8 19.02 4.4 5....................................................... 19.61 5.8 19.54 6.0 – – 6....................................................... 23.07 13.6 23.04 17.1 23.15 .3 7....................................................... 23.78 5.3 23.79 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.37 3.4 18.37 3.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $22.37 4.7 $22.33 4.9 $23.13 5.7 5....................................................... 19.83 8.0 19.75 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.84 4.2 24.97 4.4 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.05 2.3 20.05 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.06 6.6 14.88 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.36 7.4 10.36 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.45 4.0 13.45 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.96 4.6 16.34 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.42 8.7 13.42 8.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.53 8.4 12.56 8.3 21.84 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.60 8.8 13.91 11.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.17 6.6 11.86 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.66 5.9 9.27 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 14.22 8.2 14.22 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.65 5.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.38 6.5 11.38 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.52 8.8 10.52 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 13.49 5.1 11.37 5.8 20.25 3.7 1....................................................... 9.61 7.5 9.15 6.9 14.45 3.8 2....................................................... 10.59 11.6 9.78 14.0 13.59 4.4 3....................................................... 11.57 9.7 11.20 10.1 15.48 8.1 4....................................................... 15.07 6.2 14.09 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 19.25 7.6 – – 21.91 3.3 6....................................................... 21.44 7.4 – – 25.04 8.7 7....................................................... 26.88 2.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 20.09 9.2 11.70 8.8 23.90 5.2 3....................................................... 11.53 6.3 11.03 6.8 – – 6....................................................... 23.29 10.3 – – 25.04 8.7 Firefighting................................................ 23.71 2.0 – – 23.71 2.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.73 .1 – – 25.73 .1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.35 9.0 12.21 10.2 – – Food service.................................................. 9.05 6.0 9.03 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.59 6.9 8.59 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 4.4 7.69 4.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.46 3.7 5.46 3.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.32 3.3 5.32 3.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.55 9.0 10.56 9.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.78 8.4 8.78 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.68 2.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.86 11.7 10.86 11.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.01 6.4 11.01 6.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $8.78 2.5 $8.70 2.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 11.82 2.6 11.82 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 13.45 7.1 13.45 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.78 10.7 12.78 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.22 5.3 13.22 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.98 7.3 13.98 7.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.46 6.5 13.46 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.22 5.3 13.22 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.98 7.3 13.98 7.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.00 6.5 12.78 10.7 $17.39 2.6 1....................................................... 11.43 10.1 10.12 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 13.72 5.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15.36 6.0 13.57 11.0 17.13 2.8 2....................................................... 13.72 5.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 11.07 10.7 11.24 12.4 10.26 4.3 1....................................................... 8.11 6.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.98 4.0 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.44 8.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $24.35 5.5 $22.92 6.9 $31.46 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 24.86 5.7 23.44 7.2 31.46 2.5 White collar........................................................ 28.76 6.2 27.13 8.0 35.99 4.2 2....................................................... 12.15 6.4 11.93 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.84 4.3 12.41 4.8 14.90 8.9 4....................................................... 14.88 4.6 14.83 5.0 15.30 6.9 5....................................................... 19.19 4.4 19.61 5.1 17.64 8.5 6....................................................... 21.35 5.3 21.12 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.23 5.0 22.41 3.6 32.57 19.9 8....................................................... 26.15 5.7 24.97 4.3 35.02 11.2 9....................................................... 35.39 4.4 29.97 3.0 40.59 4.1 10........................................................ 32.59 7.2 28.70 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.14 5.5 34.19 3.8 46.31 2.8 12........................................................ 46.95 2.6 47.18 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.93 16.9 28.93 16.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 30.01 6.1 28.50 8.0 35.99 4.2 2....................................................... 12.23 7.0 11.98 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.56 2.6 13.14 3.5 14.90 8.9 4....................................................... 15.16 3.1 15.13 3.4 15.30 6.9 5....................................................... 19.06 4.7 19.55 5.7 17.64 8.5 6....................................................... 21.36 5.4 21.12 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.39 5.2 22.55 3.9 32.57 19.9 8....................................................... 26.15 5.7 24.97 4.3 35.02 11.2 9....................................................... 35.45 4.5 29.82 3.1 40.59 4.1 10........................................................ 32.76 7.4 28.82 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.14 5.5 34.19 3.8 46.31 2.8 12........................................................ 46.95 2.6 47.18 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.99 18.3 29.99 18.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.91 3.7 32.58 4.3 41.14 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.89 3.7 36.03 4.8 41.70 5.3 7....................................................... 27.38 12.0 25.10 10.1 – – 8....................................................... 33.22 10.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.90 4.8 29.83 2.7 41.90 5.3 10........................................................ 29.21 9.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.71 7.3 33.53 3.4 – – 12........................................................ 47.65 4.1 47.65 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.31 13.8 38.31 13.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.45 4.4 33.45 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 32.45 1.9 32.45 1.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.07 9.2 33.07 9.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 1.8 29.24 1.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.27 4.1 30.23 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 28.20 8.1 – – – – 9....................................................... $32.50 3.9 $31.87 3.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.82 2.7 30.19 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.59 1.1 30.59 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.30 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43.04 1.6 – – $43.13 1.6 9....................................................... 43.28 1.9 – – 43.28 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41.32 2.0 – – 41.32 2.0 9....................................................... 41.29 2.5 – – 41.29 2.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.47 .8 – – 43.47 .8 9....................................................... 43.49 .8 – – 43.49 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.10 13.6 59.10 13.6 – – Lawyers..................................................... 59.10 13.6 59.10 13.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 42.79 18.2 42.79 18.2 – – Technical....................................................... 22.75 4.3 22.66 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.76 7.0 24.03 7.6 – – 8....................................................... 25.42 2.5 25.24 2.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.80 6.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.67 12.8 38.06 15.4 41.83 6.2 7....................................................... 20.61 3.4 20.61 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.50 5.5 24.32 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.52 3.4 28.61 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 37.43 11.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.64 3.3 37.16 10.3 46.16 4.4 12........................................................ 45.73 4.1 46.20 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.36 23.6 50.36 23.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 51.60 16.2 54.47 21.1 43.67 6.9 11........................................................ 44.28 3.6 – – 46.16 4.4 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 47.39 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 65.02 22.9 65.02 22.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.03 7.8 32.88 14.3 41.77 8.4 11........................................................ 45.20 5.3 – – 46.81 6.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59.27 22.2 59.39 23.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.60 15.0 57.60 15.0 – – Management related............................................ 24.62 2.9 24.35 3.0 30.32 5.1 7....................................................... 20.61 3.4 20.61 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.27 4.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.43 3.5 28.03 3.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.03 5.7 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.14 10.0 23.87 11.2 – – Sales............................................................. 15.66 7.9 15.66 7.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... $16.60 6.5 $16.60 6.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.04 3.9 17.11 4.5 $16.64 2.2 2....................................................... 12.23 7.0 11.98 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.55 2.7 13.10 3.7 14.90 8.9 4....................................................... 15.55 2.9 15.61 3.1 15.30 6.9 5....................................................... 18.76 5.3 19.42 6.6 17.39 10.7 6....................................................... 21.23 9.2 21.12 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.03 3.5 20.86 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.02 7.5 17.02 7.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 20.48 4.1 21.10 6.3 18.04 3.1 4....................................................... 15.68 4.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 20.39 8.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.02 11.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.62 5.0 14.97 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.59 5.8 15.44 6.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.45 .5 13.45 .5 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.78 9.5 16.78 9.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.77 3.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.90 4.5 – – 14.19 5.1 3....................................................... 15.29 10.3 – – 15.29 10.3 Blue collar......................................................... 17.48 4.6 17.27 4.8 20.63 1.6 1....................................................... 9.83 4.3 9.60 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.31 7.5 13.12 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.87 4.3 13.87 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.32 3.8 16.85 3.8 19.02 4.4 5....................................................... 19.63 5.9 19.56 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 23.07 13.6 23.04 17.1 23.15 .3 7....................................................... 23.79 5.3 23.80 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.37 3.4 18.37 3.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.37 4.7 22.33 4.9 23.13 5.7 5....................................................... 19.83 8.0 19.75 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.85 4.2 24.99 4.4 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 20.05 2.3 20.05 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 6.9 14.92 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.45 4.0 13.45 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.96 4.6 16.34 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.64 11.1 13.64 11.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.42 8.5 13.02 10.4 21.84 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 9.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.38 7.4 12.07 7.6 – – 1....................................................... $9.79 6.7 $9.38 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.65 5.3 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.16 8.8 12.16 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 15.00 6.6 12.40 7.3 $21.21 4.1 1....................................................... 10.30 10.1 9.70 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.85 12.0 10.82 15.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.86 6.8 12.52 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.69 6.6 14.41 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.20 7.6 – – 21.82 3.2 6....................................................... 21.44 7.4 – – 25.04 8.7 7....................................................... 26.88 2.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 22.71 6.6 – – 24.66 5.1 6....................................................... 23.29 10.3 – – 25.04 8.7 Firefighting................................................ 23.71 2.0 – – 23.71 2.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.73 .1 – – 25.73 .1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.70 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 10.55 10.8 10.55 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.07 8.8 9.07 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.00 17.5 10.00 17.5 – – Other food service........................................... 11.39 8.8 11.39 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.36 9.2 9.36 9.2 – – Health service................................................ 13.65 6.5 13.65 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.57 6.4 13.57 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.27 6.1 13.15 10.9 17.39 2.6 1....................................................... 11.65 11.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 14.18 5.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15.71 5.3 14.12 10.5 17.13 2.8 2....................................................... 14.18 5.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 12.25 16.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.97 7.2 $15.07 8.0 $14.16 9.3 All excluding sales............................................... 15.68 7.6 15.89 8.5 14.16 9.3 White collar........................................................ 20.38 11.1 21.30 12.7 15.42 11.4 1....................................................... 9.04 5.2 9.16 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.15 8.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.81 11.9 11.57 15.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.80 4.2 12.63 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.75 11.9 – – 11.98 1.9 7....................................................... 27.87 11.0 27.88 11.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.03 8.0 29.47 .7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.75 11.7 25.88 14.1 15.42 11.4 2....................................................... 11.39 8.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.43 11.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.99 5.1 12.79 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.75 11.9 – – 11.98 1.9 7....................................................... 27.87 11.0 27.88 11.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.03 8.0 29.47 .7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.66 12.6 30.86 13.9 18.41 20.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.95 13.3 31.46 14.7 18.41 20.6 5....................................................... 11.98 1.9 – – 11.98 1.9 9....................................................... 33.03 8.0 29.47 .7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.32 8.0 29.32 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.47 .7 29.47 .7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.07 3.8 31.07 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.70 .2 29.70 .2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.24 20.0 – – 18.41 20.6 5....................................................... 11.98 1.9 – – 11.98 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.45 5.5 9.45 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.78 .4 8.78 .4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.90 1.9 8.90 1.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.69 5.5 12.96 6.8 12.04 5.5 2....................................................... 11.39 8.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.84 10.8 – – – – 4....................................................... $12.97 5.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.54 13.5 – – $12.54 13.5 Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – 1....................................................... 8.87 3.4 $8.87 3.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 9.39 7.9 9.22 8.9 11.23 3.9 1....................................................... 8.28 4.1 8.06 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.71 10.3 8.48 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.43 21.2 8.10 22.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 6.0 13.61 6.0 – – Protective service............................................ 10.63 3.9 – – 13.10 8.4 3....................................................... 10.54 4.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.80 9.7 6.61 10.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.88 3.7 7.88 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.13 6.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.33 5.4 8.11 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.93 4.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.21 6.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.96 10.5 12.96 10.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 13.16 8.6 13.16 8.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.55 2.4 9.26 .4 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $24.35 $14.97 $26.53 $22.43 $23.37 – All excluding sales............................................. 24.86 15.68 26.94 23.02 23.94 – White collar........................................................ 28.76 20.38 32.40 27.01 28.14 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 30.01 23.75 33.45 28.55 29.59 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.91 28.66 39.11 32.40 34.32 – Professional specialty.......................................... 37.89 28.95 40.67 35.17 36.93 – Technical....................................................... 22.75 – 23.28 22.80 22.87 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.67 – 40.67 38.29 38.56 – Sales............................................................. 15.66 9.45 – 14.85 13.78 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.04 12.69 15.65 16.94 16.74 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.48 – 20.69 16.06 17.09 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.37 – 26.54 21.13 22.37 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.10 – 16.40 14.80 15.06 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.42 – 19.13 – 13.53 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.38 – 15.76 10.80 12.17 – Service............................................................. 15.00 9.39 18.56 10.82 13.49 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.5 7.2 5.3 6.8 5.3 – All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 7.6 5.4 7.1 5.4 – White collar........................................................ 6.2 11.1 5.2 7.7 6.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.1 11.7 5.2 7.6 5.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 12.6 6.4 4.3 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.7 13.3 5.7 5.0 3.8 – Technical....................................................... 4.3 – 8.2 4.3 4.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.8 – 7.5 14.0 12.3 – Sales............................................................. 7.9 5.5 – 7.7 4.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 5.5 1.8 4.3 3.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 – 9.0 5.0 4.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 – 4.9 4.2 4.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.9 – 7.9 8.4 6.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 – 7.3 – 8.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.4 – 8.6 7.9 6.6 – Service............................................................. 6.6 7.9 6.7 3.3 5.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.02 - – $27.61 - - - $13.36 - $20.90 All excluding sales............................................. 22.63 - – 27.61 - - - 13.51 - 20.93 White collar........................................................ 26.63 - – – - - - 15.63 - 25.69 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.32 - – – - - - 20.44 - 25.80 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.40 - – – - - - – - 30.72 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.45 - – – - - - – - 33.31 Technical....................................................... 22.78 - – – - - - – - 21.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.96 - – – - - - – - 34.89 Sales............................................................. 14.44 - – – - - - 13.06 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.86 - – – - - - 15.25 - 16.18 Blue collar......................................................... 16.87 - – 26.82 - - - 13.52 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.33 - – – - - - – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.88 - – – - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.56 - – – - - - 11.97 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.86 - – – - - - 11.91 - – Service............................................................. 11.37 - – – - - - 8.81 - 12.72 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.6 - – 8.5 - - - 7.9 - 4.7 All excluding sales............................................. 6.9 - – 8.5 - - - 10.1 - 4.8 White collar........................................................ 7.8 - – – - - - 13.9 - 8.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.7 - – – - - - 17.6 - 9.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 - – – - - - – - 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 - – – - - - – - 6.7 Technical....................................................... 4.5 - – – - - - – - 8.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14.8 - – – - - - – - 8.6 Sales............................................................. 6.8 - – – - - - 5.0 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 - – – - - - 9.3 - 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 - – 13.7 - - - 12.1 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 - – – - - - – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.9 - – – - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 - – – - - - 15.9 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 - – – - - - 3.2 - – Service............................................................. 5.8 - – – - - - 2.3 - 7.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.02 $18.75 $23.18 $19.99 $27.06 All excluding sales............................................. 22.63 19.10 23.91 20.59 27.74 White collar........................................................ 26.63 26.75 26.60 23.48 29.19 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.32 29.21 28.15 25.40 30.14 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.40 28.36 32.80 32.85 32.78 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.45 33.62 35.59 36.47 35.10 Technical....................................................... 22.78 – 23.10 23.71 22.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.96 49.67 35.07 30.51 36.48 Sales............................................................. 14.44 13.17 14.77 14.75 14.81 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.86 16.68 16.91 17.10 16.64 Blue collar......................................................... 16.87 16.09 17.53 16.92 19.67 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.33 24.86 20.72 – 22.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.88 14.06 15.21 14.48 18.15 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.56 – 16.33 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.86 10.35 14.42 14.65 – Service............................................................. 11.37 8.40 12.86 13.01 12.46 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 6.6 13.1 5.4 6.6 7.2 All excluding sales............................................. 6.9 13.6 5.3 6.7 7.1 White collar........................................................ 7.8 21.0 6.2 7.9 7.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.7 22.0 5.9 7.6 7.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 9.0 5.1 5.8 7.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 9.3 5.7 6.7 8.4 Technical....................................................... 4.5 – 5.1 3.0 9.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14.8 26.6 7.1 6.5 9.4 Sales............................................................. 6.8 21.0 9.4 12.4 15.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 5.8 4.3 5.4 4.8 Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 8.8 5.8 9.4 7.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 6.0 4.5 – 6.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.9 8.1 9.2 9.4 9.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 – 5.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 8.6 3.7 4.2 – Service............................................................. 5.8 5.6 7.1 9.9 3.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.78 $13.25 $19.50 $28.75 $42.47 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 13.77 20.13 29.06 43.75 White collar.................................... 12.00 16.48 24.06 34.62 48.47 White collar excluding sales................ 13.50 18.03 25.73 36.96 49.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.50 24.88 31.52 41.54 53.29 Professional specialty...................... 22.22 27.99 33.83 45.30 53.41 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.29 29.06 32.28 34.68 43.93 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.47 24.76 30.14 40.77 44.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.20 23.56 34.38 40.89 45.99 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 21.88 24.75 30.00 33.34 38.47 Registered nurses....................... 24.53 27.37 30.38 32.64 36.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 36.86 40.54 46.51 50.97 53.44 Teachers, except college and university... 23.47 31.86 42.76 50.48 54.17 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.03 32.74 40.59 50.41 53.66 Secondary school teachers............... 28.08 34.69 45.70 50.39 54.61 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.57 16.50 16.73 44.49 59.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 18.57 18.57 20.48 27.17 29.28 Librarians.............................. 18.57 18.57 20.48 27.17 29.28 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.25 15.24 29.78 31.81 53.30 Lawyers and judges........................ 40.39 46.70 67.58 73.61 73.61 Lawyers................................. 40.39 46.70 67.58 73.61 73.61 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 21.67 28.72 53.41 53.41 53.41 Technical................................... 14.85 20.43 22.54 26.10 28.68 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.69 12.68 15.52 24.54 39.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.82 23.73 32.00 46.64 73.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.96 36.70 45.88 65.07 85.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.39 31.08 39.58 47.17 50.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 36.39 41.83 47.12 77.89 85.51 Management related........................ 18.75 21.15 24.14 28.61 32.33 Accountants and auditors................ 18.51 20.58 23.80 32.00 34.03 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.82 19.72 25.56 29.00 29.60 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.69 12.00 17.81 23.82 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.63 14.38 16.31 19.50 20.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 9.74 13.44 21.75 31.25 33.20 Cashiers................................ 7.35 8.00 9.50 11.01 12.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 13.15 15.87 19.78 23.08 Secretaries............................. 16.13 17.20 19.88 22.89 26.15 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.00 12.00 15.84 18.75 20.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.15 13.88 14.72 16.00 18.87 Dispatchers............................. 13.72 14.41 15.09 19.16 21.26 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. $9.50 $10.00 $12.08 $15.40 $20.84 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.57 13.46 16.35 18.75 22.77 General office clerks................... 10.03 13.89 15.02 15.59 16.23 Teachers' aides......................... 9.26 10.32 13.29 16.23 20.16 Blue collar..................................... 9.27 12.16 16.21 20.78 27.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.30 18.20 21.72 28.26 29.38 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.00 18.75 19.85 20.99 23.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.14 12.16 15.30 18.24 20.25 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.61 12.16 12.16 15.63 18.25 Transportation and material moving............ 9.18 11.50 12.10 14.75 20.21 Truck drivers........................... 7.50 10.50 17.31 19.63 20.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.85 10.11 15.14 17.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.80 9.00 10.77 14.00 15.17 Service......................................... 7.10 9.20 12.82 16.23 21.93 Protective service........................ 9.75 12.82 22.85 25.92 27.86 Firefighting............................ 19.20 23.31 24.21 25.21 26.48 Police and detectives, public service... 20.49 23.94 25.92 28.90 30.70 Guards and police, except public service 9.31 10.15 12.57 13.29 16.60 Food service.............................. 5.02 6.15 8.25 11.00 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.02 6.52 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.12 Other food service....................... 7.15 8.00 9.50 11.62 14.19 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.50 11.00 11.00 14.20 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.50 8.50 9.75 11.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 9.36 13.27 13.46 13.46 Health service............................ 11.20 11.80 13.77 14.72 15.63 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.25 11.85 13.71 14.72 15.63 Cleaning and building service............. 8.45 11.53 16.33 18.31 18.71 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 12.49 16.47 18.31 18.71 Personal service.......................... 7.10 8.55 9.80 14.65 16.27 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.87 8.67 10.00 11.50 14.40 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $12.65 $18.36 $26.92 $37.91 All excluding sales........................... 9.60 13.14 19.00 27.62 39.00 White collar.................................... 11.65 15.84 22.44 31.97 45.99 White collar excluding sales................ 13.33 17.79 24.14 32.90 47.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.47 23.56 29.66 37.97 48.46 Professional specialty...................... 21.86 27.17 32.12 40.77 53.41 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.29 29.06 32.28 34.68 43.93 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.47 24.76 30.14 40.77 44.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.20 23.56 34.38 40.89 45.99 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.88 25.00 30.05 33.38 38.47 Registered nurses....................... 24.75 28.00 30.90 32.90 36.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ 40.39 46.70 67.58 73.61 73.61 Lawyers................................. 40.39 46.70 67.58 73.61 73.61 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 21.67 28.72 53.41 53.41 53.41 Technical................................... 14.78 19.76 22.50 26.10 28.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.88 22.12 29.60 46.35 77.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.50 36.45 47.12 73.46 85.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 15.87 27.50 31.08 37.60 47.19 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 36.24 41.83 47.12 77.89 85.51 Management related........................ 18.51 21.15 23.73 28.37 32.33 Accountants and auditors................ 18.27 20.55 23.30 31.83 34.03 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.82 19.23 25.56 26.47 29.60 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.69 12.00 17.81 23.82 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.63 14.38 16.31 19.50 20.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 9.74 13.44 21.75 31.25 33.20 Cashiers................................ 7.35 8.00 9.50 11.01 12.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 13.15 16.00 19.96 23.73 Secretaries............................. 16.85 17.55 20.43 24.34 26.68 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.00 12.00 17.86 19.21 20.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.00 13.88 14.00 15.75 18.00 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.50 10.00 12.08 15.40 20.84 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.57 13.46 16.35 18.75 22.77 General office clerks................... 10.03 13.89 15.02 15.02 15.59 Blue collar..................................... $9.27 $12.10 $15.40 $20.56 $28.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.00 17.97 21.55 28.62 29.38 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.00 18.75 19.85 20.99 23.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.14 12.16 15.25 17.75 20.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.61 12.16 12.16 15.63 18.25 Transportation and material moving............ 9.18 10.73 11.80 13.20 16.56 Truck drivers........................... 7.50 9.25 14.75 18.23 19.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.65 10.00 14.27 17.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.80 9.00 10.77 14.00 15.17 Service......................................... 6.52 8.50 11.30 14.55 15.83 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.55 11.25 13.08 16.00 Guards and police, except public service 9.00 10.00 11.73 13.09 17.12 Food service.............................. 5.02 6.15 8.25 11.00 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.02 6.52 Waiters and waitresses.................. 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.02 5.12 Other food service....................... 7.15 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.20 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.50 11.00 11.00 14.20 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.35 8.50 9.45 11.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 9.36 13.27 13.46 13.46 Health service............................ 11.20 11.80 13.77 14.72 15.63 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.25 11.85 13.71 14.72 15.63 Cleaning and building service............. 8.00 8.89 11.85 16.33 18.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 9.41 13.53 18.31 18.31 Personal service.......................... 7.10 8.55 9.77 14.65 16.27 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.96 $18.37 $26.59 $42.74 $51.83 All excluding sales........................... 13.96 18.37 26.59 42.74 51.83 White collar.................................... 14.42 21.79 35.57 47.12 53.29 White collar excluding sales................ 14.42 21.79 35.57 47.12 53.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 24.82 29.62 40.63 49.52 53.44 Professional specialty...................... 26.47 30.32 41.57 49.82 53.44 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.73 31.98 42.82 50.73 54.17 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.03 32.74 40.59 50.41 53.66 Secondary school teachers............... 28.08 34.69 45.70 50.39 54.61 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 28.34 34.64 42.47 47.17 60.78 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 30.75 37.16 43.04 48.10 60.78 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.95 34.64 42.07 48.10 59.93 Management related........................ 18.91 24.90 29.00 37.44 38.93 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.02 13.40 15.67 18.37 22.08 Secretaries............................. 12.65 15.56 17.20 21.79 22.89 Teachers' aides......................... 9.01 10.49 13.56 16.23 20.53 Blue collar..................................... 16.21 18.44 20.37 22.69 25.38 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 19.54 20.01 22.49 25.38 28.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 17.78 20.21 21.15 23.86 24.92 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 12.48 16.53 18.71 25.21 27.85 Protective service........................ 13.29 21.80 24.51 26.84 28.90 Firefighting............................ 19.20 23.31 24.21 25.21 26.48 Police and detectives, public service... 20.49 23.94 25.92 28.90 30.70 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 15.19 16.47 17.96 18.71 19.11 Janitors and cleaners................... $15.18 $16.47 $17.96 $18.71 $18.71 Personal service.......................... 8.55 9.34 10.00 12.00 12.48 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.00 $14.39 $20.50 $29.30 $44.01 All excluding sales........................... 11.19 14.68 20.93 29.63 44.87 White collar.................................... 12.57 17.28 24.72 35.88 49.36 White collar excluding sales................ 13.88 18.50 25.98 38.25 50.67 Professional specialty and technical.......... 21.35 25.48 32.05 43.33 53.29 Professional specialty...................... 24.25 28.85 34.91 46.44 53.41 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.29 29.06 32.28 34.68 43.93 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.34 24.76 31.49 40.89 44.71 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.88 24.75 31.20 33.56 38.47 Registered nurses....................... 23.85 27.00 31.21 32.00 33.62 Teachers, college and university.......... 36.86 40.54 46.51 50.97 53.44 Teachers, except college and university... 28.67 34.03 45.66 51.08 54.89 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.58 32.63 40.10 50.30 53.55 Secondary school teachers............... 28.08 34.69 45.70 50.39 54.61 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ 40.39 46.15 62.09 73.61 73.61 Lawyers................................. 40.39 46.15 62.09 73.61 73.61 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 21.67 28.72 53.41 53.41 53.41 Technical................................... 14.78 19.76 22.50 25.96 28.67 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.69 12.68 15.52 24.54 39.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.63 23.31 31.85 47.12 73.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.96 36.70 45.88 65.07 85.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.39 31.08 39.58 47.17 50.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 36.39 41.83 47.12 77.89 85.51 Management related........................ 18.61 21.15 23.73 27.82 31.97 Accountants and auditors................ 17.89 19.88 22.36 24.66 31.83 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.82 19.72 25.56 29.00 29.60 Sales......................................... 8.82 10.82 13.65 19.23 24.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.63 14.38 16.31 19.50 20.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 13.50 16.47 20.22 23.68 Secretaries............................. 16.13 17.31 20.43 22.89 26.32 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.00 12.00 14.70 19.21 20.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.15 13.88 14.72 16.00 18.87 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.50 10.00 12.08 15.40 20.84 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.57 13.46 16.35 18.75 22.77 General office clerks................... 13.89 13.89 15.02 15.59 16.29 Teachers' aides......................... 9.26 10.35 13.02 16.23 21.03 Blue collar..................................... $9.27 $12.50 $16.75 $20.80 $28.54 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.30 18.20 21.72 28.26 29.38 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.00 18.75 19.85 20.99 23.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 11.14 12.16 15.30 18.25 20.25 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.00 12.16 12.16 15.63 18.25 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 9.27 13.10 17.43 22.59 Truck drivers........................... 7.50 10.00 15.49 19.63 20.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.25 9.00 11.32 15.14 17.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.25 15.18 Service......................................... 8.45 11.20 14.19 18.26 24.21 Protective service........................ 13.09 18.14 24.21 26.48 28.90 Firefighting............................ 19.20 23.31 24.21 25.21 26.48 Police and detectives, public service... 20.49 23.94 25.92 28.90 30.70 Guards and police, except public service 11.24 12.57 13.29 14.29 17.37 Food service.............................. 5.12 7.75 10.00 13.15 16.14 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.50 8.80 11.00 13.46 16.60 Health service............................ 11.44 12.14 13.69 14.91 15.63 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.44 12.08 13.58 14.74 15.63 Cleaning and building service............. 8.74 12.17 16.47 18.31 18.71 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.75 13.20 16.65 18.31 18.71 Personal service.......................... 7.10 9.00 14.40 15.74 16.27 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.10 $8.55 $11.55 $15.84 $30.00 All excluding sales........................... 7.10 8.93 11.80 17.71 30.20 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.00 15.84 28.00 34.03 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 13.50 21.31 30.00 36.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.73 20.50 26.63 31.34 39.57 Professional specialty...................... 10.71 20.47 26.63 32.41 39.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.86 25.37 29.12 33.03 36.05 Registered nurses....................... 26.57 27.97 30.00 34.11 36.05 Teachers, except college and university... 9.07 10.00 15.57 16.50 39.57 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.35 7.95 9.00 10.05 11.80 Cashiers................................ 7.10 7.55 8.50 9.95 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.05 11.00 13.50 13.50 15.84 Teachers' aides......................... 10.00 10.00 13.40 13.99 14.71 Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 5.02 7.10 9.00 11.67 14.60 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.30 13.07 Food service.............................. 5.02 5.02 7.10 8.00 9.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.10 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.20 7.90 8.55 9.75 Health service............................ 9.33 11.38 14.10 14.72 14.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.94 11.64 14.35 14.72 14.72 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 7.10 8.50 9.18 10.20 12.48 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Hartford, CT, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 229,400 184,000 45,500 All excluding sales............................................. 214,600 169,100 45,500 White collar........................................................ 142,700 108,500 34,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 127,900 93,600 34,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 62,600 40,600 22,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,600 31,100 21,600 Technical....................................................... 9,900 9,500 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25,000 20,600 4,300 Sales............................................................. 14,900 14,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 40,300 32,400 8,000 Blue collar......................................................... 47,800 45,200 2,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17,000 16,200 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14,300 13,700 - Transportation and material moving................................ - - 700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,700 7,100 - Service............................................................. 38,900 30,300 8,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.